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They've had the feather boards for a while but not the wings. After they needed to expand the brand, they were probably a bit limited in choices by the original name

And "vane" and "barb" just don't sound as nice as "wing".

"Featherwing" is a bit more unambiguous to google than "Wingfeather"[0] at this point.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wingfeather_Saga

... That ... confused me too, must confess.-

if you want to be extra confused, look at the HalloWing:

https://www.adafruit.com/product/3900 https://www.adafruit.com/product/4300

it's a feather mainboard, but with the 'wing' nomenclature.